Hail, Vernon
- When
- April 4, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Leesville
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -93.270
Hail in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
Hail was reported to break many windshields on the south side of town.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Hail was reported to break many windshields on the south side of town.
The radar
The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 4 to 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, April 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5696349.